Derby County’s in-demand pair Eiran Cashin and Max Bird can be supplied new contracts, with Rams boss Paul Warne saying the membership is braced for renewed approaches for them.
Brighton reportedly still want defender Cashin, 22, having missed out in the summertime, whereas 23-year-old midfielder Bird has been linked with Hull City.
When requested concerning the hyperlinks, Warne stated: “I’m not disputing it is a concern.
“No-one needs to lose their finest, most constant gamers.”
Talking to BBC Radio Derby, Warne added: “I do not need to lose them, however it could be naive of me to say that there is not all the time a possible of shedding them.
“It can be the identical downside for each supervisor in January.
“Their finest participant can be rumoured for strikes and their brokers are working actually arduous behind the scenes to get these strikes, in the identical means the gamers that I’m making an attempt to signal usually are not those at present at highschool, or out of labor simply chilling their bones. They are at one other membership.
“If I’m going to go for somebody from one other membership, who I feel goes to assist me, it is a bit naive of me to suppose it isn’t going to occur the opposite means round. Of course it occurs.”
Republic of Ireland Under-21 worldwide Cashin, who has a 12 months choice on his Rams contract that the membership can set off, has featured 91 instances in all competitions since making his first-team debut within the Championship in December 2021.
Bird, who got here by means of the Rams’ youth ranks like Cashin, has performed 176 video games and can have six months left of his contract when the switch window opens in January.
When requested if Derby would provide the pair new contracts, Warne stated: “Why would not they be supplied a brand new deal? It is the time previous to January to attempt to persuade them to signal.”
